compilation bug on solaris with perl

[Edward Peschko]

On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 12:13:11PM -0700, Richard Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 08:32:34PM -0700, Edward Peschko wrote:
> > relocation error: R_SPARC_WDISP30: file lib/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so:
> > symbol _exit: value 0x6075ef31 does not fit at lib/XSLoader.pm line 68.
> 
> You failed to compile with -fpic/-fPIC.
> 
> 
> r~

just curious:

	1) what made that particular solution come to mind? why does this not 
           occur when 32bit mode is invoked?

        2) should this be something that is always bundled together w/-m64? if so,
           at the perl config level or the gcc level?

Ed